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Wang Shichong was a warlord and Ruler.
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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 72Volume 68 Biographies 18: Weichi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Zheng Gongjin · 9 passages
及王世充出城決戰，知節領內馬軍，與密同營在北邙山上，單雄信領外馬軍，營在偃師城北。
When Wang Shichong offered battle outside the city, Zhijie led the inner cavalry and camped with Mi on Mount Beimang while Shan Xiongxin camped north of Yanshi with the outer cavalry.
世充來襲雄信營，密遣知節及裴行儼助之。
Shichong attacked Xiongxin's camp; Mi sent Zhijie and Pei Xingyan to help.
知節救之，殺數人，世充軍披靡，乃抱行儼重騎而還。
Zhijie rescued him, killed several men, scattered Wang's troops, lifted Xingyan back onto his horse, and withdrew.
為世充騎所逐，刺槊洞過，知節回身捩折其槊，兼斬獲追者，於是與行儼俱免。
Shichong's horsemen pursued; a lance pierced through him; Zhijie turned, broke the lance, killed his pursuers, and both escaped.
及密敗，世充得之，接遇甚厚。
After Mi's defeat Wang Shichong took him in and treated him well.
知節謂秦叔寶曰：「世充器度淺狹，而多妄語，好為咒誓，乃巫師老嫗耳，豈是撥亂主乎？」
Zhijie told Qin Shubao: "Shichong is narrow-minded, full of empty talk and oaths like an old witch—how could he be a ruler who ends chaos?"
及世充拒王師於九曲，知節領兵在其陣，與秦叔寶等馬上揖世充曰：「荷公接待，極欲報恩。
When Shichong resisted the imperial army at Jiuqu, Zhijie commanded troops in his formation; with Qin Shubao and others he bowed to Shichong from horseback and said: "You have treated us well and we wished to repay you—
於是躍馬與左右數十人歸國，世充懼，不敢追之。
They galloped off with several dozen men to the Tang; Shichong feared to pursue.
破宋金剛，擒竇建德，降王世充，並領左一馬軍總管。
He defeated Song Jingang, captured Dou Jiande, and helped reduce Wang Shichong, serving as left first cavalry commander.